Overexpression, purification and characterization of the Trichoderma atroviride endochitinase, Ech42, in Pichia pastoris

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-188

  Pérez Martínez, Ana S ^a   De León Rodríguez, Antonio ^a   Harris, Lisa J ^b   Herrera Estrella, Alfredo ^c   Barba de la Rosa, Ana P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chitin degradation; Constitutive expression; Michalis Menten; Niquel affinity purification

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PH; PICHIA; PLASMID; TEMPERATURE; TRICHODERMA;

CATALYSIS; CHITINASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PICHIA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRICHODERMA;

PICHIA PASTORIS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

EID: 34547857398     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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